Festivals. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Volume editor, James Gibbs ; reviews editor, Martin Banham.
• Other Names: Gibbs, James; Banham, Martin
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Obituary of Efo Kodjo Mawugbe; Introduction by James Gibbs; Festivals as a Strategy for the Development of Theatre in Zimbabwe: 1980-2010; The Legacy of Festac '77: The challenge of the Nigerian National Theatre at Iganmu; Festac, Month by Month & Soyinka's Involvement; The Dakar Festivals of 1966 & 2010; African Renaissance between Rhetoric & the Aesthetics of Extravagance: FESMAN 2010 -- Entrapped in Textuality; Theatre Programme for FESMAN & Commentary. The Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) in Ghana 1992-2010: The vision and the realityPANAFEST through the Headlines: An annotated bibliography; International Festivals & Transnational Theatre Circuits in Egypt: Ambassadors of no nation; The Jos Theatre Festival 2004-2011: A theatre festival in a divided community; The Grahamstown Festival & the Making of a Dramatist: An interview with Andrew Buckland; Playscript; Prison Graduates by Efo Kodjo Mawugbe -- with a review of a performance by James Gibbs; Book Reviews; Bernth Lindfors, Ira Aldridge. Vol. 1, The Early Years, 1807-1833. & Vol. 2, The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852Austin Asagba, (ed.) Cross-Currents in African Theatre and Theatre & Minority Rights: Perspectives on the Niger Delta; Michael Etherton and John Reed, Chikwakwa Remembered: Theatre & Politics in Zambia, 1968-1972; Kene Igweonu (ed.), Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre & Performance (Foreword by Temple Hauptfleisch); Austin Ovigue Asagba (ed.) Sam Ukala: His Work at Sixty and Duro Oni & Sola Adeyemi, (eds) Developments in the Theory & Practice of Contemporary Nigerian Drama & Theatre: A Festschrift in Honour of Dapo Adelugba. Barclays Ayakoroma, Dance on his Grave & A Matter of HonourGreg Mbajiorgu, Wake Up Everyone; Jonathan Desen Mbachaga, Widow's Might; Backcover.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY : James Currey
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 792.096; Drama festivals -- Africa -- History; African drama -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century; Politics in literature; Theater -- Africa -- History -- 20th century; African drama; Drama festivals; Politics and literature; Politics in literature; Theater; Africa; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782040477; 1782040471
• Related ISBNs: 1782040471
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Dec. 17, 2012).
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